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QED News Announcement

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• Publish date: 2012-01
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A New Tool to Uncover Curricular Shortcomings

by Bill Herman

(From the January 2012 Education Brief) Monona Grove School District has created a software tool, Ascent, to simplify measuring the academic progress of student groups...

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• Keywords:Continuous Improvement, Primary and Secondary Education Brief

Quality Counts: Report Issues Grades for Education Performance, Policy

by Amanda Hankel

(From the January 2012 Education Brief) The nation and many states face continuing challenges in delivering a high-quality education to all students, according to Quality Counts, the annual report card published by Education Week...

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• Keywords:Continuous Improvement, Primary and Secondary Education Brief

Making Data Meaningful

by Amanda Hankel

(From the January 2012 Education Brief) In this issue of Primary and Secondary Education Brief, we look at how teachers can collect the right data that will be useful to them, and then interpret it in way that will be meaningful for guiding instruction...

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• Keywords:Continuous Improvement, Primary and Secondary Education Brief

Using Data to Guide Instruction

by Amanda Hankel

(From the January 2012 Education Brief) To more effectively utilize data, Cedar Rapids Community Schools began implementing a solution to analyze in-process/formative data to identify learner needs and inform instruction...

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• Publish date: 2012-01
• Keywords:Continuous Improvement, Primary and Secondary Education Brief

Systems Thinking: Critical to Quality Improvement in Higher Education

by Julie Furst-Bowe

A discussion of the success of using systems thinking to bring the entire university together for addressing quality improvement. The University of Wisconsin-Stout is used as an example. By Julie Furst-Bowe, Ed.D. Provost, University of Wisconsin-Stout..

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• Publish date: 2011-12
• Keywords:Quality Approaches in Higher Education

STEM:An Entrepreneurial Approach

by Keith T. Miller

STEM: An Entrepreneurial Approach, published in Quality Approaches in Higher Education Vol. 2 No. 2, was a keynote address at the 2011 Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference, UW-Stout given by Keith T. Miller, Ph.D. President, Virginia State University..

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• Publish date: 2011-12
• Keywords:Quality Approaches in Higher Education,STEM

Quality Approaches in Higher Education, Vol. 2 No. 2

by Deborah Hopen

Quality Approaches in Higher Education Vol. 2 No. 2 (November 2011), New Thinking New Results, Editor Deborah Hopen..

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• Publish date: 2011-12
• Keywords:Quality Approaches in Higher Education, Baldrige National Quality Program, STEM Learning Outcomes,Teaching Quality

Understanding Reliability in Higher Education Student Learning Outcomes Assessment

by Royal, Kenneth;

Quality Approaches in Higher Education Vol. 2 (2) Dec 2011 article by Kenneth Royal. This article addresses some of the most common misconceptions about reliability in the higher education Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) arena and encourages practitioners to be more attentive to the details of calculating, interpreting, and reporting estimates of reliability. The article provides an overview of reliability and the factors that influence it, discusses the most commonly used types of reliability in SLO assessment, and provides guidance on how to effectively interpret and report such measures. The information presented should be particularly helpful to SLO practitioners who need a brief primer on reliability, ponder how to construct better assessment instruments, have an interest in making appropriate inferences about assessment results, and are concerned with reporting findings accurately and responsibly.

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• Publish date: 2011-12
• Keywords:Quality Approaches in Higher Education, Learning Outcomes

Using Active, Cooperative Quality Exercises to Enhance Learning

by Griesemer, James A. ;

Quality Approaches in Higher Education Vol. 2 (2) Dec 2011 article by James A. Griesemer. Active, cooperative quality learning exercises were used to enhance learning in an undergraduate operations/supply chain management course. The quality tools and techniques supported course topics while also adding to students’ first-hand knowledge of quality management. Such exercises were found to improve students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills significantly. Based on this early success, additional active, cooperative quality learning exercises are being developed for use in other business courses.

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• Publish date: 2011-12
• Keywords:Quality Approaches in Higher Education, Quality tools, Teaching Quality